Chronological Period/20th Century
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Filipinos in Greater Boston
$23.99 Read moreAs early as the Civil War, a dozen Filipino men living in Massachusetts enlisted in the Union army. In the 1900s, Filipino pensionados studied at Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Talusan, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467109606
- Language: English
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Calder Grit
$33.00 Read moreWith all the intense drama, historical detail and grand sweep of her original New York Times bestselling Calder series, Dailey returns to 1909 Montana, as tensions mount between immigrant homesteaders… [more below]
- Author: Dailey, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798885786584
- Language: English
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Philippine-American Heritage in Washington, D.C.
$23.99 Read moreJourney into the Philippine-American experience in Washington, DC. Washington is famed for its place in the history of the United States, but few know its close connections with the Philippines. Trace… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Tiongson, Erwin R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1467149020
- Language: English
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Ultimate Allied Fighters of the Second World War
$60.00 Read moreProfusely illustrated with technical drawings and provides exhaustive coverage on different models and variants.
During the five years of the Second World War, the power of engines and speed of aircraf… [more below]
- Author: Miranda, Justo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 31 2024
- ISBN10: 1781558884
- Language: English
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Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
$19.99 Read moreWINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2023
Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing
Longlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding
A Guardian Book of the- Author: Koram, Kojo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1529338646
- Language: English
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The Untold Story of Annie Turnbo Malone: Hair Care Millionaire
$31.32 Read moreMost people know about Madam C.J. Walker’s success selling hair care products for Black women in the early 1900s. Before she started her own business, though, she worked for Annie Turnbo Malone. Malon… [more below]
- Series: First But Forgotten
- Author: Tyner, Artika R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669004961
- Language: English
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Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost
$21.00 Read moreNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist – National Bestseller – A brilliantly conceived and illuminating reconsideration of a key period in the life of Ernest Hemingway that will forever change th… [more below]
- Author: Hendrickson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: July 24 2012
- ISBN10: 1400075351
- Language: English
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The Apartment: A Century of Russian History
$25.99 Read moreIn this picture book from author Alexandra Litvina and illustrator Anna Desnitskaya, 20th-century Russian history comes to life through six generations of a family in their Moscow apartment.
The Apart- Author: Litvina, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1419734032
- Language: English
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The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
$20.00 Read moreThe Frozen Chosen is an account of the breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea by the 1st Marine Division from November to December 1950, following the intervention of Red China in the Korea
- Author: Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1472824881
- Language: English
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The Good Thieves
$17.99 Add to cart“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational adoration.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Vita tests her own limits, and readers will thrill a… [more below]- Author: Rundell, Katherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 148141948X
- Language: English
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: A Century of Honor, 1921-2021
$24.95 Read more- Author: Bigler, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1513642774
- Language: English
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The Beekeeper’s Promise
$14.95 Read moreAn RNA Romantic Novel Award nominee.
Heartbroken and hoping for a new start, Abi Howes takes a summer job in rural France at the Chç©°eau Bellevue. The old chç©°eau echoes with voices from the past, an
- Author: Valpy, Fiona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: May 16 2018
- ISBN10: 154204703X
- Language: English
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The Speakeasies of 1932: Over 400 Drawings, Paintings & Photos
$32.95 Read moreIntroduction by Pete Hamill. When Manhattan joints were hung out to dry, the Booze-oizie sniveled, then pirouetted on their stools to find reasonably palatable Speakeasy facsimiles. These Prohibition … [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Hirschfeld, Al
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1557835187
- Language: English
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Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater
$35.00 Read moreChicago is a bona fide theater town, bursting with an explosive, innovative vitality that’s fed every sector of the entertainment industry–from Hollywood to Broadway to Studio 8H–for as long as it’s… [more below]
- Author: Larson, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1572842342
- Language: English
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Waiting for the Cemetery Vote: The Fight to Stop Election Fraud in Arkansas
$22.95 Read moreWaiting for the Cemetery Vote begins with an overview chapter of Arkansas election fraud since the nineteenth century and then moves on to more specific examples of fraudulent activities over a dozen … [more below]
- Author: Glaze, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: May 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1557289654
- Language: English
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Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter
$14.95 Read moreSaxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has not only left his footprints on our musical terrain, he has created a body of work that is a monument to artistic imagination. Throughout Shorter’s extraordi… [more below]
- Author: Mercer, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1585424684
- Language: English
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The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
$24.95 Add to cartForget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime.Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this… [more below]
- Author: Hortis, C. Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 161614923X
- Language: English
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Leah Braves the Flood: A Great Molasses Flood Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreLeah dreams of leaving behind the crowded streets of Boston’s North End neighborhood to journey west. It’s the only way she’ll have the future she wants – one that doesn’t involve her getting married … [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Gilbert, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496596897
- Language: English
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Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
$11.99 Read more“Uplifting and memorable.”–School Library Journal (starred review)
“Great for reading aloud.”—Booklist (starred review)
Bestselling and multiple Coretta Scott King- and Caldecott-winners Andrea Davis
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0060821205
- Language: English
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Her Secret War
$16.99 Read more“A great WWII-era historical fiction that has it all: mystery, suspense, history, espionage, action, and a dash of romance all wrapped up into an addictive and intriguing novel.” Goodreads reviewer,
- Author: Lecky, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0008464847
- Language: English
